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  • 2019 Issues
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    Year of the Boar/Pig (page 1)
    Uncle Sam's Hat Coil (page 2)
    U.S. Flag (page 2)
    California Dogface Butterfly (page 2)
    Gregory Hines (page 3)
    Jackie Robinson Centennial (page 3)
    Marvin Gaye (page 3)
    Vancouver Asahi baseball (page 3)
    Transcontinental Railroad (page 4)
    USS Missouri (page 5)
    Frogs (page 5)
    Moon Landing (this page)
    Woodstock (page 7)
    Tyrannosaurus Rex (page 7)
    Walt Whitman (page 7)
    Spooky Silhouettes (page 7)
    Hanukkah 2019 (Canada) (page 7)

    50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing

    Dgn 693

    Dgn 693: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a NASA photo of Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. Digital Color Postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00
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    Dgn 693a

    Dgn 693a: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a NASA photo of Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. Pictorial first-day postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00
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    Dgn 693b

    Dgn 693b: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a NASA photo of Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. The pictorial first-day postmark ties the new stamps, Sc. C76 (1969) and Sc. 2841(1994). — larger illustration (new window)...$5.00
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    Dgn 693c

    Dgn 693c: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a NASA photo of Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. The pictorial first-day postmark ties the new stamps, Sc. C76 (1969), $2.40 Sc. 2419 (1989), Sc. 2841(1994) and Sc. 3188c Celebrate the Century. — larger illustration (new window)...$8.00
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    Dgn 693d

    Dgn 693d: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a NASA photo of Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. The U.S. pictorial first-day postmark ties both the U.S. stamps and the two Canadian booklet stamps commemorating the Moon Landing.. — larger illustration (new window)...$5.00
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    Dgn 693e

    Dgn 693e: Sc. 5399-5400/3186-7 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a NASA photo of Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. The U.S. pictorial first-day postmark ties the U.S. stamps, the Canadian first-day cancel ties Canada's two (water-activated) sheet stamps commemorating the Moon Landing. A company in Longueuil, Quebec, helped build part of the lunar module, and Canadian expatriates Jim Chamberlin and Owen Maynard were key parts of the Apollo spacecraft program. — larger illustration (new window)...$8.00
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    Dgn 693f

    Dgn 693f: Sc. 3188-9 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a NASA photo of Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. Canada's two booklet stamps are tied by Canada's first-day postmark. A company in Longueuil, Quebec, helped build part of the lunar module, and Canadian expatriates Jim Chamberlin and Owen Maynard were key parts of the Apollo spacecraft program. — larger illustration (new window)...$5.00
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    Dgn 693g

    Dgn 693g: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a NASA photo of Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. Minneapolis First Day of Sale on the first day of issue (July 19th). — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00
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    Dgn 693h

    Dgn 693h: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a NASA photo of Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. Crystal MN pictorial postmark on the anniversary of the landing, July 20th. Minnesota Stamp Expo was being held in Crystal. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00
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    Dgn 693i

    Dgn 693i: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a NASA photo of Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. The U.S. pictorial first-day postmark ties both the U.S. stamps and the four Australian stamps commemorating the Moon Landing. Among the Australian contributions: The telecast of the first 9 minutes on the Moon came to the U.S. (and everywhere else) via a tracking station in Australia. — larger illustration (new window)...$10.00
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    Dgn 693j

    Dgn 693j: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a NASA photo of Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. Cape Canaveral "capsule" pictorial postmark for July 20th, the actual anniversary. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00
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    Dgn 693k

    Dgn 693k: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a NASA photo of Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. Cape Canaveral "eagle" pictorial postmark for July 20th, the actual anniversary. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00
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    Dgn 693l

    Dgn 693l: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a NASA photo of Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. Houston "Mission Control" pictorial postmark for July 20th, the actual anniversary. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00
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    Dgn 693m

    Dgn 693m: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a NASA photo of Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. the pictorial first-day postmark ties the new stamps, flanking Sc.1371 Apollo 8. That was the first crewed spacecraft to reach the moon, although it didn't land. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00
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    Dgn 694

    Dgn 694: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a scene from "The Honeymooners:" Ralph Kramden warning his wife Alice, "One of these days, Alice, to the moon!" Of course, he never did, and she always immediately deflated him. The actual "to the Moon" trip occurred about 13 years later. Pictorial first-day postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00
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    Dgn 696

    Dgn 696: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing the moon behind the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. A dedication ceremony for the Moon Landing stamps was held at Americover 2019 in St. Louis on July 26, 2019. Pictorial event cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

    Dgn 697

    Dgn 697: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card printed in 1999 for the Celebrate the Century 1960s Moon Landing stamp (Dgn 90): Black ink on "psychedelic" magenta card showing a photo of an astronaut and flag on the moon. The B&W pictorial first-day postmark ties both stamps. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

    Dgn 697a

    Dgn 697a: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card printed in 1999 for the Celebrate the Century 1960s Moon Landing stamp (Dgn 90): Black ink on "psychedelic" magenta card showing a photo of an astronaut and flag on the moon. The B&W pictorial first-day postmark ties both 2019 stamps and CTC's Sc. 3188c. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.50
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    Dgn 697b

    Dgn 697b: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card printed in 1999 for the Celebrate the Century 1960s Moon Landing stamp (Dgn 90): Black ink on "psychedelic" magenta card showing a photo of an astronaut and flag on the moon. Digital Color Postmark. Only two produced. This was an experiment to see how the DCP would work on this card. It doesn't — larger illustration (new window).
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    Back in 1999, when the Celebrate the Century 1960s stamps came out, my printer at the time wouldn't print fewer than 50. I only wanted to service 25 for the CTC Moon Landing stamp. But like any good collector, I couldn't throw away the other 25 cards. These are those cards, with the 2019 stamps.

    Also back in the not-so-good old days, multicolored printing was prohibitively expensive, and using any color ink other than black cost $25 — to wash the colored ink off the press after use. So I hit upon the idea of printing the five CTC 1960s designs on brightly colored cardstock, using "psychedelic"colors." Others used were yellow-green (Star Trek), bright yellow (Beatles), orange (Martin Luther King and the March on Washington), and bright turquoise (Roger Maris' 61st home run).

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    Dgn 409

    Dgn 409: Sc. 4527-8 Mercury — 5"x7" Dragon Card with a montage of Alan Shepard and an artist's conception of the MESSENGER probe orbiting Mercury. Se-tenant pair of stamps plus the Digital Color Postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.50

    Dgn 409a

    Dgn 409a: Sc. 4527-8 Mercury — 5"x7" Dragon Card with a montage of Alan Shepard and an artist's conception of the MESSENGER probe orbiting Mercury. Shepard stamp plus 1962's Project Mercury stamp (Sc. 1193). — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50

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